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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989

MR LEE ENDED HIS STATEMENT BY ASSURING HONG KONG PEOPLE THAT OMELCO WOULD CONTINUE TO DO ITS UTMOST TO SEEK THE RESTORATION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE'S BIRTHRIGHT,

"IN THE MEANTIME, WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, HONG KONG HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM BEING MERELY A FISHING PORT TO BECOMING A WORLD FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL CITY. THIS IS OUR HOME. A HOME THAT WE HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO IN BUILDING AND IT IS WHERE WE WANT TO STAY, HE SAID.

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IMPORTANCE OF UPHOLDING TRADITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES STRESSED

NIGEL

THE

AND

THE WELFARE,

HON THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH SHIPMAN. TODAY (WEDNESDAY) UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF UPHOLDING COMMUNITY'S TRADITIONAL AND RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHILDREN.

TRADITIONALLY FELT "IN HONG KONG WE HAVE

A GREAT SENSE OF PARENTS WE ARE WILLING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND AS

WITH A PROMISING FUTURE. MAKE GREAT SACRIFICES TO PROVIDE THEM MUST ENSURE THAT THIS ATTITUDE WILL NOT BE ERODED BY THE PRESSURES A MODERN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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WE

OF

CHILDREN IN HONG CHILDREN WERE

SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON WELFARE OF KONG, MR SHIPMAN STRESSED THE RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING OF OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.

THIS

"TO RAISE A CHILD IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY

PARENTS IN HONG KONG TAKE WITH WHICH WE ARE ENTRUSTED. MOST RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AND COPE WELL WITH ITS DEMANDS,

MR SHIPMAN

SAID.

IT COMBINES

WITH FINE CHILDREN

TRADITIONAL MODERN

"HONG KONG IS FORTUNATE IN THAT

TO CHINESE

WELL-BROUGHT-UP ATTACHMENT FACILITIES IN THE MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE FIELDS.

"THERE ARE HOWEVER

HAVE

SHORTFALLS, AND DEFICIENCIES IN SEVERAL

OUT POINTED

AND WE MUST AREAS AS MEMBERS

OUR SERVICES KEEP ABREAST WITH EVOLVING NEEDS," HE SAID.

ENSURE

THAT

MR

SHIPMAN

NOTED THE

POINTS MADE

MEMBERS BY

REGARDING

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE

THE CHILD MARCH 8 THIS YEAR THAT A DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF SHOULD BE ADOPTED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

T

THIS

TOWARDS AND

KINGDOM,

"

CONSIDER IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE ASSEMBLY WILL

IF

WILL THE END OF THE YEAR.

ADOPTED, IT

SIGNATURE OPEN FOR RATIFICATION BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE UN, INCLUDING THE UNITED

HE SAID.

"AT PRESENT